Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.128

c6.128

The most elaborate and authoritative exposition of Indian musical theories and practices is furnished by the magnum opus, known as Saṅgīta-Ratnākara, which we owe to Sāraṅgadeva, who is justly regarded as the greatest authority of the mediæval period. He lived in the first half of the 13th century (A.D. 1210-1247) and was associated with the Court of the Yādava dynasty of the Deccan which had its capital at Devagiri (Daulatabad) which was a centre of intellectual activity having contact with both the north-